Paudyal, Maskey thru

LALITPUR: Adhya Loha Paudyal and Nala Maskey advanced to the final of the girls’ U-9 category of the Nepal Junior Open Lawn Tennis Championship here at the Satdobato Tennis Complex on Tuesday.

In semi-final matches, Paudyal defeated Tisa Shrestha 4-1, 4-1 and Maskey saw off Navika Shrestha 4-1, 4-0. In the boys’ U-10 singles, Arabh Hada, Saksham Shah, Nubash Rawat, Ayushman Ghale, Saroj Lama, Prasiddha Basnet, Rajbir Pradhan and Pranab Maskey won their first round matches.

In the girls’ U-12 singles, Tashi Choma Gurung defeated Roja Shrestha 6-4, 6-3 in the first round match.